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Definition: Moral Sense |
Moral SenseNoun1. Motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Moral SenseSynonyms: conscience (n), scruples (n), sense of right and wrong (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Moral Sense |
| English words defined with "moral sense": churn up, Common sense ♦ disgust ♦ Moralization ♦ nauseate ♦ Propense ♦ revolt ♦ sicken ♦ Towards. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "moral sense": Caliban. (references) |
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Abraham Lincoln | Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The revolutionary sense is a moral sense. |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | That disposition to theft with which they have been branded, must be ascribed to their situation, and not to any depravity of the moral sense. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | The fugitive-slave clause of the Constitution and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
biologist moral sense | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "moral sense"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
German | moralisches bewusstsein, gefühl für gut und böse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "義心 , "徳心 , "心 , "念 (wife of a monk), モノカルボン酸 (dag coating containing molybdenum, mobile, mohair, Mohawk, Mohawk haircut, molybdenum, moment, momism, monaural, monaural record, monocarboxylic acid, monochrome, monoclonal, mono-fluorine, monogram, monograph, monographie, monolock, monologue, monomania, monomaniac, monomer, monopolize, monopoly, monorail, monosexual, monotone, monotype, moped, moral hazard, moral majority, moral pollution, moral risk, moral support, morale, morale survey, moralist, morality, moratorium, Morris dance, person fond of using a mobile phone, unisex), 徳義心 , 善心 (conscience, virtue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぜ"し" (advance, ancestor, antecedents, conscience, drive, full-length, gradual progress, one's whole heart, predecessor organization, preliminary trials, previous existence, previous position, progress, steady advance, the whole body, virtue), モラルセンス , どうぎし", どうし" (child's mind, concentricity, naivete, policeman, same mind, the same faith, unanimity), どうね" (same age, same year, that year, wife of a monk), どうとくし", とくぎし". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oralmay ensesay senso moral (morality). (various references) sentido moral. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Moral Sense" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: moral sence. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-m-n-o-r-s-s" | |
-2 letters: almoners, anemoses, enolases, lameness, maleness, maneless, nameless, normless, realness, reseason, salesmen, seasoner, solemner. | |
-3 letters: almners, almoner, arenose, areoles, armless, earless, enamels, enamors, enolase, lassoer, leaners, leasers, loaners, manless, meaners, measles, merlons, moaners, morales, moreens, morsels, normals, oarless, oarsmen, ramsons, ransoms, reasons, reloans, renames, resales, reseals, resoles, salmons, sealers, seamers, senoras, senores, sermons. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-m-n-o-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: neorealisms. | |
+2 letters: formalnesses, lemongrasses, salinometers. | |
+3 letters: comradeliness, generalissimo, lowerclassmen, marvelousness, memorableness, removableness, salmonberries. | |
+4 letters: ceremonialisms, ceremonialists, comparableness, forestallments, formidableness, generalissimos, impersonalizes, impressionable, macronucleuses, neoliberalisms, semiporcelains. | |
+5 letters: blameworthiness, cholestyramines, clamorousnesses, comfortableness, comradelinesses, glamorousnesses, impersonalities, maladroitnesses, marvelousnesses, memorablenesses, millionairesses, quarrelsomeness, removablenesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 72 61 6C      53 65 6E 73 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01110010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010011 01100101 01101110 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o r a l   S e n s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0072 0061 006C      0053 0065 006E 0073 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)478184677825371808571 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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